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r alone, has proved gs is indisputable, ower animals are maceptible to this | hear of thetr dyâ€" KT. 0V 0% deosoft nst ent. Hi D O 3 of lays .0l.den he o ‘UBle w ‘ted had op up MF pS acâ€" 3% 1e N he AT M LA gp Charlton Women‘s Institute: (1)| #Plaage accept my thanks for the very | acceptable Christmas gift. Our Instiâ€" | tute members in old Ontario have | proved to be real helpers in every way | and we are indebted to them for many | useful things, a‘so clothing, etc., and! we fully appreciate their kindness, and | I hope if ever it is our turn to help,| we shall not be found far behind in doving our share." : Charlton: (2) "I was agreeably surâ€"| prised to recéive the letter enclosing | postal noto $3.00 from old Ontario Inâ€" | stitutes. I‘v. sure I am very thankful ; The accompanying letters, only a fow of many sent to the Superintendâ€" ent, indicate gomething of the appreâ€" ciation with which this thoughtfulness on the part of their sister Instituites was reccived: The sympathy of the Institutes of old Ontario with the fire sufferers of the North was deop and expressed #self in prompt and practical ways in the supply of food, clothing, maâ€" terials for building and in money. In the late autumn a number of Branckes sent cheques to the Department, suf. ficient in amount to give a small cash Christmas gift to each member of a Northern Ontario Branch who was spending the winter in the fireâ€"swept region farm kilcron square feet in lighted, w‘ of table scace Like sugar, butter, che honey is a highly concertr: stuff, but urfike the cthers, digested Give them a dose of Epsom salts at once, at the rw‘e of about one pound per 106 birds. Feed it mixed in a wet mash about two hours before they go to rocst. You may have to keep cther feed away for about six hours before feeding the «alis, so they will be hunâ€" gry encuch to eat plenty. The next day start fecding ordimary ground sulphur or flowers of sulphur at the rate of one pound per 400 birds, in a wet mash, every cay for ten days. Then give another dose of Epsom salts If the birds are not by this time pretty wall over their roup, reâ€" poat the treatment at the end of ten days again. l gry er day =‘ sulphu rate ol once, at 12e I per 106 birds. mash about ti to roost. You feed away for increas & RPouliny?®s vis dre fro tr( 0. L alfalfa bO ad\ hrm): visable what : alfalfa Ans UHr o#7 ever K. K.:â€"1I would like to know whethâ€" er I shall sow oats with the alfalfa sced this spring or alfaifa alone. Answer:â€"BEarly coats make very good nurse crop to sow with alfalfa, Iint Iy YY prep: is m quick Or gestion CunouCTED BY PROF. HENRY G. BELL The cb;ect of this department is to place at the sorâ€" viee of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged Authsrity on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops.. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Beli, in care of ~he Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronâ€" to, and an=wers will appear in this column in the order In which they are received. When writing kindly menâ€" tlion this paper, As space is limited it is advisable where Immedicte reply is necessary that a stamped and adâ€" dressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. Home econom Ar d ryt > /farm Grop * <_4 > Querres Copyrizht by Wilson Publishing Co., Lim!ted BR () 1.;â€"Next spring I wish to sow with winter wheat. Would it sable after topâ€"dressing with d manure? Would it be adâ€" to sow lime on the wheat, and ould be the best time to sow D e made t} â€"lPlease give me some sugâ€" »n how to treat celery blight. r:â€"To treat celery blight a mixture of Bordeaux which as foliyws: Dissolve 4 los. we in a wooden container and copper sulphate in another pail. Empty both of these ga‘s, of water. Immediately Ple ng you have to spray it If you have not applied Ifx"‘a ground I would adâ€" u_ scatter a fairly heavy y in the spring before the it. This will sweeten the chou‘d assist the growth area aint p start immediately to ratch feed. If possible, milk. or buttermilk in in a fine s the leaves Their Kindness Meant So Much Thi For Home and Country t} figure that the ; be at least 175 it should be well and have a lot re found on the preparing your x of alfalfa you se, etc., ted food t is preâ€" ibfalfa rgth erial nilX= is a welcome gift indeed, as we lost, It is not generailly realized how exâ€" everything in the recent fire." | tensively the contract idea has taken Whitewooed Grove Women‘s Instiâ€" hold. Suffice it to say then, that in tute: "I recwived the letter containing 1922, according to conservative estiâ€" postal note for three dollars ($8.00); mate. i)t loss than a bill:cn dollars and many thanks for sameâ€"which is ($1,000,000,000) worth of farm proâ€" | very acceptable at this time. It is ducts were marketed by the coâ€"operâ€" | very kind of the different Institutes atives of Canada and the United to think ef us in our loss, and we have States under definite contracts with ; had help from a number of the their members. | Branches, which we appreciated." _ There are two general types of conâ€" | _ Heaslip Women‘s Institute: "Your tracts in common use. The first is | letter of the 20th and postal note reâ€"‘ known as the term contract. It runs fceived. Please accept my thanks and for a definite number of years The | appreciation for your kindness. Wishâ€"‘ length of time covered varies, but five | ing you and all members a bright and years seems to be the most popular | prosperous New Year." ‘ term. Some are for seven years. One, | Thornloe Women‘s Institute: "I am signed by the raisin growers of Caliâ€" | drapping a few flines to thank you fornia, runs for 14 years. The method Thornloe Women‘s Institute: "I am signed by the raisin growers of Caliâ€" drapping a few flines to thank you fornia, runs for 14 years. The method many times for the money order for is to sign up the members for a defiâ€" $3.00 you sent me. I am sure I ap-f nite term at the end of which all the preciate this kindness very much. It contracts expire. _A renewal camâ€" means so much to me after losing so| paign is then put on and the members much in the great fire. Some of the‘ signed up for another definite period. Institutes certainly have done well to| The other type of contract is called help us out and we all feel very mte-' the selfâ€"renewing type. It is a conâ€" ful to them, and it makes us feel we! tract which continues in force indefiâ€" want to do more for the Institute." / nitely but which may be cancelled by since undue disturbance may start brcod rearing, which would be very urndesirable. Brood rearing should not start until spring nectar is available. Hanbury Women‘s Institute: "Allow me to acknowledge the receipt of three Collars, which I received last night. It is a welcome gift indeed, as we lost everything in the recent fire." Only under urgent conditions should bee colonies be onened during the midâ€" dle cf winter or when it is very cold, to them, as we lost everything in the recent fire. The Institute is doing wonderful work." Earlyâ€"that‘s the word. Write for seed catalogs early, make your choice early, then order early. Plan for a hotbed and have early vegetables. | |I would advise your using a mixture ! analyzing about 2â€"12â€"2, that is, 2 per | cent. nitrogen, 12 per cent. phosphorie | acid and 2 per cent. potash. ‘__M. F.;â€"I stored a quantity of dry black muck last autumn, and as my horse stable is about two feet from the ground I intend to make a box 3‘ wide by 1‘ deep, the whole length of | the stable and place this directly under the gutter which is made of 2" plank, the bottom being perforated so as to let the horse urine drain through into the box below which is filled with dry muck, and will be emptied and refilled as required. Please let me know what chemical I should use in the muck to make a good fertilizer for potatses, and other garden vegetables, Would it do to mix the chemical with the muck while it was dry before it got | saturated? % | : Answer: I would advise that you add |\ to the muck soil in question about 5 | Ibs. of acid phosphate, mixing it with the muck before you put it in the box. This will help catch and hold nitrogen [from the manure. When preparing |this for application to your potato | field, for every ton of the mixture that | you have taken out of the box add | about 150 lbs. of muriate of potash. orchard, especially if you are troubled with scale insects. When I built my lane fence, which is about the whole length of the farm, I wondered why I couldn‘t figure out some way to tell where an acre was located by the distance across the end. Figuring the exact amount of land in farming, showed that I could set my posts so that three of them would just make an acre. To reflect back into human lines the selfâ€"admiration and complacency. $ last image of their living selves is the| Vs. ]0,b}_l. Two men . . 31 Pl:afl.sefi rork of ter. | . . a publican; one man the typica e o a-â€"â€"fiâ€"me , religious man of the day. The other to the potato soil, put double handful in enc However, see that this with the soil before picces of seed potatoes manure with good purpose, putting it on after the lime and before the frost has gone out of the ground, or you can get very good results by a top dressing of fertilizer, scattering it at the rate of about 200 to 300 lbs. per acre as soon as the soil is sufficiently dry in spring for a team to work on it without injurying the growing crop. might apply a light dressing of _fm-m A coâ€"operative marketing associaâ€" tion must have a contract or marketâ€" ing agreement with its members by which the members agree to deliver all their product, of the kind handled by the asscciation, to the association for marketing. There is nothing new in this idea. It has been in operation in Denmark for over 40 years. In California the contract idea has been in force for over 20 years. All the great coâ€"operatives of that state and many of the associations that have, within the last few years, sprung up in other states and in Canada, have binding contracts with their members. nitely but which may be cancelled by |_ Lesson Settingâ€"The subject of our unscrupulous dealings in raising the lesson toâ€"day is that of prayer. The taxes Going to the Temple was a who‘le life of Jesus was an exemplifiâ€" habit with the Pharises. Some stress cation of the place of prayer in life. of goul had driven the publican. Prayâ€" How often we see Jesus stealing to ed thus with himself. The prayer is a the quietness of the mountain top to soliloquy of the Phanisce with iximself. refresh himseX! by communion with meant however to be overkeard by God. Prayer was not for him a duty. others. The Temple brings no thought | It was a necessity. It was a veal part of God, but only a catisfied rememâ€" |of his life. Prayer was not for him brance of himseif. I am not as other t an effort to bend the will of the Father men are. The Pharisce measuros the !to his will. It was a bending of his difference between himse‘f and others, ‘will to God‘s wil. _ There are two not between himself and God. True parables on prayer in our lesson toâ€" prayer measures the gulf between day. Theso parables deal with some God and one‘s own soul. Extortioners, aspects of prayer, not with the whole unjust, adulterers, The Pharisee subject. After all a parable is a story makes a dark background out of the meant to tell us a lttle about a great lives of others, against which his own big thing. Jesus does not explain excellencies shine out radiant‘y. True "why" we pray but rather "how" we prayer never makes religious capital shou‘ld pray. Ian}(xl advantage out of the sings of I. Praying With Porsistence, 1â€"8. |°t ers. 5 [ ap . True prayer asks God to forgive and Vs. 1, 2. That l ought fll“”_" t"ii’m'get. our sing rather than to rememâ€" pray ... not to faint. Moffat trans | poy diencies lates "about the need of always pray.| NCF OuUtr excesencies, i+ ing and never losing heart." It is not| IH. Praying With Humility, 12â€"14, unending prayer that Jesus urges. Ai Vs. 12â€"14. Publican, standing afar long prayer may be a very faintâ€"{off,. The Pharisee stands apart in hearted prayer. It is a persstent proud and confident isolation. _ The spirit rather than persistent utterance publican stands apart in shame and that Jesus commends. The opposition contrition. The Pharisee stands apart is not between praying always and to be seen. The publican stands apart praying sometimes, but between hopeâ€" to be hidden. Both betray their spirit ful praying and hopeless silence. A in their attitude and bearing. Would judge, which feared not God, neither not lift up . . his eyes; not because he regarded man; a man holding a most is ashamed in the presence of the responsible position, yet lacking abso. Pharisee, but because he realizes that lutely the qualifications for that posiâ€"| he is in the presence of God. Prayer tion. He repudiates God‘s moral law , kept the Pharisee apart from God and and man‘s claim for justice. His poâ€"\ man. Prayer brought the publican to sition and power were used wholly in the feet of God. God be merciful to his own interest, A hard man to move.: me a sinner. The publican has not only Vs. 3â€"5. There was a widow; a poor the right attitule and the night spirit and friendless woman and therefore| of prayer, but also the right content of, one who would have enlisted the s_vm-})ra.\‘(‘r- He confesses his utter sinâ€" pathy of a just judge. He would not fulness and unworthiness. He exâ€" for a while; she could offer no bribe op| presses his need of and dsire f(rr: corresponding gain. But afterward; mercy. He utters no defence or praise because she did not desist in her enâ€" of himself, and no condemnation (3fr treaties. The justness of her cause others. This man went down . . iufll-! would not let her be discouraged by fied. The Pharisce did not find God| the unjustness of the judge. I will because he did not seek him. The pubâ€"| avenge her. The persistence of the lican went to his home with complete| woman made her an annoyance. It is pardon and with a sense of fl}at parâ€"| his own comfort he consults. Lest . . . don. The Pharisee went to hls homeJ she weary me. Lest she wear me out the same proud, unsy.mpathut‘:c. \mlm"-! (cover me with bruises). |ing soul. The publican went to his Â¥s T & "Chall unt Fiul avanwn uiathome a new man. ' Vs. 3â€"5. There was a widow ; a poor and friendless woman and therefore one who would have enlisted the symâ€" pathy of a just judge. He would not for a while; she could offer no bribe or corresponding gain. But afterward; because she did not desist in her enâ€" treaties. The justness of her cause would not let her be discouraged by the unjustness of the judge. I will avenge her. The persistence of the woman made her an annoyance. It is his own comfort he consults. Lest . . . she weary me. Lest she wear me out (cover me with bruises). The Sunday School : Lesson The Spirit of Prayer, Luke 18. Golden Textâ€"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.â€"Ps. 51 : 17. By R. D. Colquette, B.S.A., Professor of Marketing Economics, Ontario Agricultural College. ARTICLE V Fundamental Principles of Coâ€" Operative Marketing FEBRUARY 11 . 1. It ensures volume of business. No coâ€"operative marketing â€" association should begin business until it is asâ€" sured of a sufficient volume of busiâ€" !ness to ensure economical cperation. lIn the organizetion periocd a definite objective should be set and ‘unless the | objective is attained the organization | should not begin operations. Under | the contract system it is possible to | definitely ascertaimn when the minimum | volume which has been set as the obâ€" ’jective has been signed up. This goes | a long way toward assuring the sucâ€" cess of the undertaking. | _ The contract of the Ontario Coâ€" operative Dairy Products Limited, a new organization for the coâ€"operative selling of Ontario cheese, has a conâ€" | tract which is a combination of these | two types. It is a term contract to | begin with, having no withdrawal | privileges during the first three years. | After that it becomes a selfâ€"renewing | contract and may be cancelled at the | end of 1925, or of any year thereafter, | by giving notice between December 1 | and December 15. tion together. Those who oppose coâ€" operative marketing always try to inâ€" cite the farmers against signing the contract,. They know that it destroys their greatest weapon in fighting coâ€" |_ The story of the man borrowing a loaf at midnight (Luke 11: 5â€"8), and ‘the story in this lesson, of the unjust | judge, go together; and taken together \they make it very evident that our |Lord put great importance on perâ€" sistent prayer. "Importunity" is the word in Luke 11: 8. Dr. Moffatt transâ€" \lates it, "He will give you whatever | you want, because you persist." Again, |as ilustrating how emphatic is Jesus on this matter, Dr. Adeney, in the |Century Bible, says that "ought" in ‘Luke 18: 1 is literally "must"â€"that is {to say, "It is absolutely necessary to ‘pray, and that perseveringlyâ€"under all cireumstances, never abandoning prayer in daspair." operative marketing. Their favorite plan is to split the farmers up by going into isolated distnicts and offerâ€" There are many good reasons for having a contract. _ A few will be briefly enumerated. either the association or the member under certain â€" #specified â€" conditions. Cancellation can be made only at the end of the crop year after due notice has been given within specified dates. of God, but only a eatisfied rememâ€" brance of himself. I am not as other men are. The Pharisce measures the difference between himse‘f and others, not between himself and God. True. prayer measures the gulf between God and one‘s own soul. Extortioners, unjust, adulterers,. _ The Pharisee makes a dark background out of the lives of others, against which his own excellencies shine out nadiantiy. True prayer never makes religious capital |and advantage out of the sins of | others. unscrupulous dealings in raising the taxea. Going to the Temple was a habit with the Pharisee. Some stress of goul had driven the publican. Prayâ€" ed thus with himself. The pmier is a soliloquy of the Phanisce with himself, meant however to be overkeard by others. The Temple brings no thought 2. The contract holdis the organizaâ€" g _ . SWIFT CANADIAN CO., Limited _ ; 1185 KEELE ST. = = TORONTO Other advantages of the contract system could be enumerated but these must suffice it is a common saying that the farmers will not stick toâ€" gether. The coâ€"operatives which have adopted the contract have no trouble on this score. A definite and binding contract is a feature of all the large and permanently succes:ful coâ€"operâ€" ative marketing associations on this continent and it is recognized by all authorities as a fundamental to the success of a coâ€"operative marketing enterprise. It pays to protect sheep from winâ€" ter winds and raing. Any rough, insxâ€" pensive shelter will serve. ers. This greatly strengthens the poâ€" sition of the association in the market. If there is danger that the market will not absorb the volume handled at good prices the situation can be foreseen and the market extended by judicious advertising and other means. 5. Great economics can be effected in handling the product. Under comâ€" petitive methods of marketing a great deal of effort and money is expended in drumming up business. This is one of the greatest sources of expense. With the product contracted by the members the management of a coâ€" operative marketing association is saved all this outlay. â€" The volume comes forward under the terms of the contract and the management can deâ€" vote all its energy to efficiem.ly‘ marketing the product. \ -““.““-‘\““““‘ & VMIID LUENC MINICT 1 AV DRPAMTII a mrur 8. A better manager can be secured. With the assurance of a large volume to handle over a period of years more capable men can be interested and their services obtained. 4. With an assured and known volâ€" ume to handle the management can negotiate sales knowing that the proâ€" dict will come forward to fill the ordâ€" ing higher prices than the market warrants in onder to steal away the members‘ patronage. â€" This weakens the association and carried far enough breaks it up. Then they have the ficld to themseives again and can soon make up any losses they have susâ€" tained, With the marketing agreeâ€" ment signed by all the members outâ€" siders have no opportunity for breakâ€" ing up the association in this manner, The membens in each district need‘w have no fear in staying by their assoâ€" ciation for they know that the memâ€" bers in all the other districts having signed the same agreement, are also standing by it. The marketing con-1 tract is really an agreement between the members that they will stick to-l gother and give their association a chance to show what it can do. | Produce More Eggs and Bigger Profits for you. 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Irrigated Farms in ‘ Southern Alberta In the Famous Vaurhall District Bow River !rrl*utton Project An esnecially snod IncutHon Paw anivaa What teeth will you wear in 1930 yours or some store‘s? It pays care, and to take care. tural paper we read recently says: "Rub till the skin is broken and it beâ€" gins to bleed." This is not necessary. As soon as the place begings to look even slightly irritated it need be rubâ€" bed no longer. It is best to do this before the calf is two weeks olid. Only a little moistening with the finger, dipped in water, is all that is required. Many are familiar with the simple process of preventing the growth of horns on calves. _ Moisten the spot where the horn is to grow, and rub it with a piece of caustic potash till it looks red. That is all. An agriculâ€" It may be too much to say that all the ills of our beloved country can be traced to the fact that the washâ€"tubs are only twentyâ€"seven inches from the floor, whereas they ought to be thirty inches because mother stands five fest four. But we do know that lawyers and politicians are a‘l the time throwâ€" ing fits over questions that are absoâ€" lutely trivial and child‘sh compared to this. If mother is so tall, tubs, sink, table, stove, and ironingâ€"board ought to be so high from the floor. If she is taller, they must be higher. Even if, by some mirac‘e, she were to be four feet ten one day and five feet eight the next, every one of those blessed things ought to be changed every time she One of the sad mistakes that this Dominion of ours has made, is in alâ€" lowing the idea to persist that a kitâ€" chen sink should be just so high, reâ€" gardoss of the length of mother‘s mortal frame. CANADA LAND and IRRIGATION __ _~ COMPANY, LIMITEp An especially rmdâ€"Tncatmn for mixed farming and dairying. Splendid opâ€" !)m'tunlu for young men now living n districts where good land cannot be bought at reasonable prices. THIS I8S NOT PIONEERING, the fret 19,000 acres are fully geitled and another 10,000 acres now ready for settlement; maximum distance from railroad. seven miles. Good roads, telephones and schools. Rasy payâ€" ments, extending over 18 Learu. This Is the Bost Land Buy in Alberta Write for further information to: That is what we think about the al importance of backaches. A Million Backaches. Dehorning Calves. Hat, NV AAPLIRRLL 4 ' J BEST $ CRAPS ; ts for you. and Shorts for best ' Limited J TanAairrA * Because the French wheat crop is ghort, the French Government has passed a law to compel gristmills so to grind wheat as to get the maximum of flour out of it. In that way France will keep down the amount of wheat that it must buy abroad, and the peoâ€" ple will get more wholesome breadâ€" though they may not i#e it «o well, carry it there. There has been menufactured in New York the lergest camdle in the world as a memorial to Eurico Caruso, generally conceded to have been the finest temor singer the world ever heard. This giant candle is 16 feet high, 5 feet in circumference at the base, with a taper to 18 inches at the top, and weighs a ton. It will be shipâ€" ped to Italy, where it will be placed in the church of Our Lady of Pompeti. It will burn for 24 hours on All Souls‘ Day, November 2, of every year, and is expected to last for several conturies. Ice cream may now be shipped withâ€" out being packed in ice and salt if a specially designed dry container is utilized. This container is a doubleâ€" walled metal vessel which has 2 inches of cork composition between the walls, and a corkinsulated top that clamps firmly into position. After the ice cream is placed in the container, two metal disks filled with a cooling mixâ€" ture that has been frozen to a solid state, are laid on top of the cream can, just under the tightfitting cover, This outft is said to keep ice cream solid for periods of 18 to 86 hours. Happiness will never be found at the end of the rainbow unless you The rooster, hearing the cackle, anâ€" aswered it by a crow, and thus informed the hen of the whereabouts of the tribe. This sort of thing may be seen now among the ancestors of our doâ€" mestic fowl in the Malay countrics of India. By the time she was ready to rejoin the commonwealth the other members had wandered some distance, and she did not know where they were. She waited till she had gone some distance from the egg in order not to endanger it, and then cackled, after also having taken a good look round to assure herâ€" self that no enemies were near. The accepted explanation of cackling in which a hen induilges laying an egg is that she is so pl that she wants everyone to know The cackle is a relic of bygone when fowls were not domesticated ran about wild. When the hen wi to lay she retired from the rest o fowl community and performed task. whereby it w morrow. The rooster answers the a crow, and this is taken indication that both are proud of the achievement planation is not tenable. If the question is considered It is easy to see that instinct teach the hen that to cackle is the attention of the enemy to ix self and her embryo offspring. she would naurally avoid doing Caruso‘s Memorial Candie to Burn for Centuries. Too trivial a matter to be given serious consideration some will argue. But ts it? 1 have a friend in the real estate business, who says little things establish a considerable part of the marketability of property. Many a city home has been sold because of atiractive wallâ€"paper and lighting fixtures pleasing to the eye. Many a sale has been lost throvgh such a thing as a broken windowâ€"pane. The nearâ€"purchaser may not analyze his rejection of the proposition enough to admit it hinges on such trifies, but students of psychology and salesmanâ€" ship know. Perhaps your farm isn‘t for sale, but conditions can arise attractive mailâ€"box we ever noticed, and singe that time, although observâ€" ing carefully, we have found none to compare with it That brought up this question: Why are postâ€"boxes in front of farm homes almo:t universally hideous? Instantly there we‘"s up a chorus of protest, but if one will take the trouble to watch closely, the justice of the charge will be conceded. The modern farmer, with property along a mainâ€"traveled highâ€" way, keeps his buildings well painted, has attractive flowers and shrubbery, porhays has erected a fence or set out a hedge in front of the house. Yet to the casual obsorver the mailâ€"box is the dscorlant note that intrudes. Maybe the box will be a wovden afâ€" fair, unpainted, or else daubed with some leftâ€"over floor paint. We were enjoying a vacation motor trip last July, when this ejaculation came from friend wife, who has a way of keeping her eyes open for attracâ€" tive houses and settings. The rural mailâ€"box was eambedded in the top of a neat post or pyramid made of cobblestones and cement. It was in front of a house that had a fence or wall of similar material!; also the verandah of the house was partly cot Mestones. It was by far the most attractive mailâ€"box we ever noticed, and singe that time, although observâ€" ing carefully, we have found none to "What a beautiful mailâ€"box, harâ€" monizing so perfectly with the house and fencet" Ice Cream May Be Shipped Without Ice and Salt. Why the Hen Cackles. One Artistic Mailâ€"Box in 10,000 Miles be 0 s the cackle taken as fv h pring, doing. bygone inmen marl bot] Tl le with further f W to 1 and ished if her irly, wuld th h